Identity Politics, Social Movement and the State: 'Pan-African' Associations and the Making of an 'African Community' in Belgium
Identity Politics, Social Movement and the State: 'Pan-African' Associations and the Making of an 'African Community' in Belgium
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身份政治、社会运动和国家：“泛非”协会和比利时“非洲共同体”的形成
DOI：
10.1163/187254610x505709
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发表时间：
2010
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0.6
通讯作者：
Nicole Grégoire
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作者：
Nicole Grégoire
本文借鉴社会运动理论框架，探讨了比利时非洲协会环境中表达的集体行动愿望和尝试，以改善比利时非洲裔人民的社会、经济和政治生活。因此，它侧重于非营利组织的出现，旨在动员撒哈拉以南非洲人后裔在共同的“泛非”旗帜下。它分析了这些协会出现的背景之间的联系-国家在其中发挥了重要作用-他们的工作模式和他们的成员的隶属战略，作为解决许多非洲协会领导人经常谴责的“缺乏动员”的一种方式。其次，它展示了某些非洲精英如何试图超越旧的竞争和以前的失败，通过塑造一个泛非社区，象征性地位于非洲生活的“这里”（在比利时和欧洲）和“那里”（在非洲）。
Drawing on a social movement theoretical framework, the paper explores the collective action desires and attempts expressed within the African associational milieu in Belgium to improve the social, economic and political being of the African-rooted people in Belgium. It thus focuses on the emergence of non-profit organisations aiming at mobilising people of sub-Saharan African descent under a common ‘Pan-African’ banner. It analyses the link between the context for the emergence of these associations ‐ in which the state played an important role ‐ their working modes and their members’ affiliation strategies, as a way to address a ‘lack of mobilisation’ frequently deplored by many African associational leaders. Secondly, it shows how a certain African elite tries to go beyond old rivalries and previous failures, by shaping a Pan-African community, symbolically located both in the African life ‘here’ (in Belgium and by extension Europe) and ‘there’ (in Africa).